Because Lu Bu had his troops stationed in Bingzhou, the Southern Xiongnu were defeated and crippled, so they retreated to the Hetao area. Seeing how badly the Southern Xiongnu were beaten, the Baibo Army and Yu Furuo were quite afraid of Lu Bu, so they stayed in Hedong County and Shangdang County. They didn't come to cause trouble, and Lu Bu wouldn't cause trouble either, so everyone lived in peace for the time being.

As for the Black Mountain Army, because of its powerful strength, it was not afraid of Lu Bu. During this period, a group of bandits went to Meng County to do something and were defeated by Lu Bu. Then Lu Bu used this as an excuse to wipe out two villages on Jingxing Road. Once the village was broken, he first killed the leader and the leading generals. Then Zhang Mo pretended to lead troops to rescue them, and gathered some young and strong bandits who had no masters into the Juyi Village.

Originally, Lu Bu wanted to help her take down all the villages along Jingxing Road, but was stopped by Zhang Mo. If the strength of Juyi Village was too strong, it would inevitably make Zhang Yan wary. At present, she could not afford to offend this big boss.

Zhang Da, the bandit, naturally had to express his opinion when his own stronghold was wiped out. He had originally wanted to lead his troops to Bingzhou to meet Lu Bu, but because Qu Yi was eyeing Jizhou covetously, and seeing that Lu Bu had stopped after wiping out two strongholds, he had to let them go for the time being.

Time passed slowly and it was February of the sixth year of Zhongping. Huangfu Song defeated the Liangzhou rebels including Wang Guo and others in Chencang. During the period, the rebels retreated and Huangfu Song ordered a pursuit, but Dong Zhuo disagreed. Huangfu Song ordered Dong Zhuo to cover the rear while he personally led the troops in pursuit. He won battle after battle and beheaded more than 10,000 people. Dong Zhuo missed this achievement because he did not pursue the rebels, and he hated Huangfu Song even more.

Emperor Ling was now too ill to get out of bed. Fearing that Dong Zhuo's army was too strong, he appointed him as the governor of Bingzhou and handed over the remaining 7,000 troops in Mei County to Huangfu Song.

These Western Liang troops were Dong Zhuo's lifeblood, so Dong Zhuo naturally could not agree. He wrote a letter to explain while leading his troops to Bingzhou to take office. When he just arrived in Hedong County, news came from Luoyang that Emperor Ling had passed away. Dong Zhuo simply stationed his troops in Hedong County to wait and see the situation in Luoyang. At the same time, he sent someone to tell Lu Bu to bring 3,000 people to Hedong County.

Lu Bu asked Zhang Liao to lead the Bingzhou army to stay in Bingzhou, and he took the Xiliang army led by Duan Wei and others to Hedong County to meet up with Dong Zhuo.

As soon as Lu Bu was driven away, Zhang Mo was ready to set off, but she would return to Luoyang with Wang Yun first, and the Golden Eagle Guard would stay in Juyi Village for the time being. But before leaving, she had to make clear the rest of the arrangements.

In the meeting hall of Juyi Village, Guan Hai, Xu Chu, Xu Ding, Du Fei, Amina, Li Gui, Li Zhong (Li Gui's younger brother), Xu Huang, Taishi Ci, Zhang Chang, Zhang Feng and others gathered together.

This was the first time that Zhang Mo formally convened everyone in the village to discuss matters. Although the room was full of talented people, there were actually only a few who were useful.

The Xu Chu brothers are loyal to Zhang Mo, but they are generals of the Wang family. This time when Wang Yun returns to Luoyang, he wants to take them both with him and arrange for them to join the Luoyang army.

Du Fei originally wanted to become an official, but after living as a bandit for a few years, he felt that this kind of life was more free and easy, and he had given up the idea of ​​becoming an official.

Amina had already married Du Fei, a half-Xianbei woman with a free-spirited personality. After being won over by Du Fei, she became completely devoted to him. Some time ago, the couple led a team to the grasslands to capture a batch of young eagles and brought them back to teach the young men and women in the village how to train them. Once the eagles were trained, Zhang Mo planned to have her and Du Fei form an intelligence organization to gather information from various locations.

The Li Gui brothers are loyal to Zhang Mo. Li Zhong studied in Jinyang for a few years and helped with management in the village for a while. Zhang Mo plans to focus on training him to be a logistics personnel, and he is still in the process of training.

Li Gui was uneducated and his martial arts skills were average, so he couldn't stand on his own.

Since Xu Huang proposed to surrender to Lu Bu last time, Zhang Mo's loyalty to him is questionable. She plans to let him serve as a guard for the time being, taking 200 people to escort the Wang family back to Luoyang, while Xu Huang's family will stay in Juyi Village.

As for Taishi Ci, he was a complete outsider.

Although Zhang Chang, Zhang Feng and others have achieved some success in both civil and military affairs, Jinyang Juyi Village still needs to keep some people. Xu Ding has been the manager of Juyi Village in the past, and now Zhang Mo plans to let Zhang Chang replace him.

Among so many people, the only one who is loyal to Zhang Mo and capable of leading troops is Guan Hai, while Du Fei and Li Gui are just barely enough.

After everyone was seated, Zhang Mo spoke, "His Majesty has passed away, and my father is returning to Luoyang to attend the funeral. I will be returning to Luoyang with my father in three days."

"During my absence, Anren will manage Juyi Village, assisted by Agui and Afei. If Zhang Yan issues an order, we will refuse it on the grounds that the young men in the village are out looting and have not returned. We will intensify training. Azhong, prepare 1,500 soldiers and a month's worth of food and fodder, and wait for my news."

"What's the point of preparing food and fodder?" Li Zhong asked curiously.

Dong Zhuo has his troops stationed in Hedong County and will soon lead them into the capital. Zhang Mo can no longer hide the purpose of raising troops at this time. Otherwise, if she tells them that she is going to kill Dong Zhuo before they set off, these people may not be able to accept it for a while.

She looked around at everyone and spoke slowly, "I... plan to have the Golden Eagle Guards and some auxiliary soldiers who have practiced the Mandarin Duck Formation stationed in Beimang Mountain north of Luoyang to intercept and kill Bingzhou Governor Dong Zhuo!"

Kill...Dong Zhuo???

The hall suddenly became quiet for a second. Everyone looked at each other, and finally looked at Zhang Mo in surprise.

"You heard it right, I want to kill Dong Zhuo!" Zhang Mo said calmly.

"Why?" The person who asked the question was Taishi Ci. As far as he knew, Dong Zhuo had led troops to conquer the Qiang and Hu people and suppress the Yellow Turbans. Last year, he was appointed as the general. Together with Huangfu Song, he fought against Han Sui and Wang Guoluan of Xiliang and lifted the siege of Chencang. Such a pillar of the court, and Amo actually wanted to kill him?

Guan Hai, Xu Chu, Li Gui, and Du Fei were just stunned for a moment. Although they were confused, it was obvious from their expressions that they accepted her plan. Although Amo acted strangely, she would not do meaningless things. Since she said that Dong Zhuo deserved to die, then he deserved to die!

Although Xu Huang felt strange, it didn't matter to him whether Dong Zhuo was dead or alive. If Dong Zhuo died, it would be better for Lu Bu to take over the Liangzhou Army and Bingzhou Army.

Zhang Mo had already thought of the reason for killing Dong Zhuo. She explained, "Seven years ago, when my master was teaching me the art of war, he said that the Han Dynasty would be destroyed by the aristocratic families and by Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, the world would be in complete chaos. My master taught me the art of war, how to make weapons, and even how to make money, all because he wanted me to do my best to save the Han Dynasty and the people. I can't touch the aristocratic families, but I can give Dong Zhuo a try. Are you willing to help me?"

Xu Chu looked as if he had suddenly understood something. "No wonder, no wonder. I was wondering why a young lady like you would raise so many soldiers and horses. It turns out you have such a difficult mission."

He patted his chest and said, "You tell me how to kill me, I'll do whatever you say."

The others also said that if she wanted to kill anyone, they would pick up their swords and kill them without saying a word. Only Taishi Ci looked skeptical, "Did your master really say that?"

"Yes, otherwise why would I do this thankless task that could cost me my life?"

"If that's the case, why not ask Fengxian to do it? Does he know about this?"

Zhang Mo shook her head. "Lü Bu doesn't know, and I can't let him betray his master. This is all my fault."

Taishi Ci thought for a long time, but still objected, saying, "I think this is inappropriate. We cannot just kill the court officials just because of your teacher's words. This is treason."

Taishi Ci was unwilling to serve, and Zhang Mo was too lazy to persuade him. She smiled and said, "I am a Black Mountain bandit. I will rebel if I want to. I dare not disobey my master's order. If you don't want to go, you can stay in Juyi Village. When the year is up, I will fulfill my promise."

Taishi Ci said, "That's not what I meant. If people knew about this, your entire Wang family would be implicated."

"I am sending troops in the name of Montenegro and will not bring trouble to the Wang family."

Zhang Mo had already made up her mind that no matter whether this matter succeeded or not, the blame would be put on the Black Mountain Army.

Seeing that Zhang Mo had made up her mind, Taishi Ci said no more since he was just a guest there after all.

In the past two days, Wang Yun also convened two emergency meetings.

One was to gather his staff to discuss General He Jin's letter inviting him back to the capital to join forces in combating the eunuchs. Despite his dismissal, Wang Yun never abandoned his cause. Over the past few years, he recruited staff, cultivated close confidants, and maintained close ties with his former colleagues in Luoyang. With Emperor Ling's death, it was time to return and deal with Zhang Rang.

Another family meeting was held to discuss the family's return to Beijing in three days. In the end, due to Zhang Mo's strong suggestion, Wang Ding stayed in his hometown of Jinyang to look after the business.

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